Grantmakers in the Arts’ Newest Members

GIA is pleased to introduce our newest members, ART/New York – Alliance of Resident Theater; City of Tacoma, Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality; American Express; and Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. Welcome!

Call for Sessions: 2019 GIA Conference

Grantmakers in the Arts is currently seeking session proposals for the 2019 GIA Conference, the largest annual convening of arts funders, to be held October 13-16 in Denver, Colorado. Proposals must be submitted by March 20 at 5pm EDT. To submit your proposals, visit our Call for Sessions page.

Support for Individual Artists Committee Welcomes New Members

GIA is pleased to announce 9 new members to the Support for Individual Artists (SfIA) Committee. GIA members have been working together to promote and improve funding for individual artists for more than 20 years. The Committee has been one of the most active groups of funders within GIA serving the field through a variety of projects including: a scan of scholarly research on artist support; a visual timeline outlining the history of artist support funding, major publications, and programs; and the development of a national taxonomy for reporting data on support for individual artists. Welcome!

From the GIA Reader

In the Fall 2018 issue of the GIA Reader, in “Supporting Hidden Talent: Investing in teaching artists,” Beth Feldman Brandt, executive director of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, shares how the organization surveys Philadelphia’s teaching artists to find out who they are, where they work, what they need to do their work better, and why it’s important to support them. Read it here.

“Revisiting Creative Approaches to Capitalization and Capacity Building” Webinar

At the Grantmakers in the Arts 2018 Conference, we offered a conference session on capitalization where participants shared best practices and explored creative solutions for when restrictions make capitalization and capacity building much more difficult. But how did that work out? What were the solutions and how can you build on that? Now is your chance to explore what you missed or revisit this topic once again.

Join us on Tuesday, March 26, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT to hear from Anna Campbell, senior program officer, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Roman Jackson, program officer, JP Morgan. They will guide us through some brief capitalization fundamentals, revisit case studies, and compare outcomes from this GIA 2018 conference session. Details and registration here.

The Congressional Arts Handbook, compiled annually to support the work of participants at Arts Advocacy Day, was recently released to support year-round advocacy efforts and this year’s National Arts Action Summit, which brings together arts advocates and cultural and civic organizations from across the country on March 4-5 in Washington, DC…

As we come to the close of February, and therefore the close of Black History Month, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the many posts sharing black stories. There have been calls reminding us to celebrate #blackgirlmagic, to speak out the truth that #BlackLivesMatter, and reminders that movements only succeed when we’re all active and engaged. For these reasons, we at GIA commit ourselves to racial equity in our work, our team, and in the field…

The New York Community Trust and the Jerome L. Greene Foundation established a fund to support accessible tickets at New York City theatres. Ranging from $100,000 to $250,000, the grants will support community access programs, discounted ticket outreach, young member programs, reported American Theatre…

Congressional leaders announced a proposal this week to better help low-income families pay for child care and expand high-quality state preschool options. The introduction of the Child Care for Working Families Act signals the intent of Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to respond to the needs of families with young children…